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Wells Bay No. 1

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003446
MRDS ID A106205
Record type Site
Current site name Wells Bay No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.33257, 61.01958 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.7 miles east of the head of Wells Bay. Acccurate within 4,000 ft. Locality 71 of Hoekzema (1984) and locality A-5 of Jansons and others (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.33257, 61.01958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A 3 to 12 ft wide vein of flourite, quartz, and calcite cuts slate of the Early Tertiary Orca Group. The vein can be traced for 100 ft . Hoekzema (1984) reported chip samples from the mineralized zone contain 17.5 percent fluorine.
  • Age = Paleocene or younger; the vein cuts slate of the Early Tertiary Orca Group.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No production.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Potential for mineral development is low. Inferred reserves are 1,500 tons of 17.5 percent fluorine (Hoekzema, 1984).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Hoekzema (1984) reported chips sample from mineralized zone contain 17.5 percent fluorine. Potential for mineral development is low.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hoekzema, R.B., 1984, Strategic and critical mineral development potential of the Chugach National Forest, southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 215-84, 64 p., 1 sheet.

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoekzema, 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Hydrothermal vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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